Attempt to smuggle liquor foiled
AHSA — Custom officers in Al-Bat’ha entry point foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 4,600 bottles of liquor from a neighboring Gulf country. Customs officers...
View ArticleBody found outside bank branch
ARAR — Police found the body of a young Saudi man on a sidewalk outside the branch of a local bank in Arar city. Police and forensic teams went to the location to investigate the...
View Article2 killed, 4 injured in Dawadmi accident
Two people were killed and four others seriously injured when two cars collided head on at an intersection near the animal market in Al-Dawadmi. Police attributed the accident to...
View ArticleBorder Guards seize rifles from smugglers
JAZAN — Border Guards in Jazan foiled an attempt to smuggle 18 AK47 rifles at night. A patrol unit noticed suspicious activity on the border. When the officers opened...
View ArticlePolice investigating workshop ‘suicide’
BAHA — Police are currently investigating the cause of a suspected suicide at a mechanic’s workshop in Baha city. Workers in another workshop next to the scene...
View ArticleMan shoots himself in suspected suicide
BAHA — A Saudi man shot himself in the head inside his house in Baha. Police arrived at the scene and found his body on the ground in a pool of blood. The man was shot in...
View ArticleSymposium on effective parenting held at Mahathma
RIYADH — A symposium on effective parenting was held at Mahathma International School, Riyadh by Jamia Markaz Alumni. Omar Niyaz, chairman of International Indian School...
View ArticlePWC founds its ladies chapter
Faiz Al-Najdi RIYADH — Pakistan Writers Club (PWC) achieved another milestone when they successfully created the ladies chapter of PWC Friday. PWC convened the...
View ArticleINJAZ names Saudi teams for regional competition
Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — INJAZ Saudi Arabia celebrated its fourth year of operations in Saudi Arabia at a ceremony held in Jeddah recently under the aegis of...
View ArticleWorld Diabetes Day celebrated at Al Mashfa hospital in Jeddah
Selma Roth Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — With around 20 percent of the adult population in the Kingdom suffering from the disease, celebration of World Diabetes Day on November...
View ArticleKFSHRC successfully performs liver transplantation surgeries
Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — In the last year, 106 liver transplant surgeries for children were successfully performed at King Faisal...
View ArticleIndian Embassy to hold education seminar
RIYADH — The Indian Embassy in Riyadh will organize a seminar on higher education in India next month. The seminar, to be held on Dec. 13, is part of sector specific...
View ArticleWe did our best to serve pilgrims, says Pak minister
Arshad Raza Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Pakistan's Federal Minister for Haj and Religious Affairs Sardar Mohammad Yousuf said his government did its utmost for providing the...
View ArticlePak ambassador fires principal of PISJ-ES
JEDDAH — Pakistan Ambassador Muhammad Naeem Khan has terminated the services of Sehar Kamran, principal of Pakistan International School (English Section), Jeddah, with...
View ArticleVehicles abandoned on streets to be towed away
Saudi Gazette report MADINAH – A senior traffic official has warned that vehicles found abandoned in neighborhoods will be immediately towed away. Maj. Gen....
View ArticleBureaucratic hypocrisy
Municipal officials in Najran quickly paved a road leading to a hall in preparation for a visit by the Ministry of Education’s Undersecretary for Student Affairs...
View ArticleLegal system needs sweeping reform
Saud Al-Meraishid Alsharq CUSTODIAN of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has recently given directives to approve a draft defense law as well as a criminal procedure...
View ArticleMakkah woman ditches husband alleging abuse
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Abeer is a Saudi who was allegedly abused by her husband after she sacrificed and devoted her life to him. Before she got married,...
View ArticleAccident victim airlifted to hospital
AL-DARB — A 14-year-old boy was killed and his father injured in a car accident on Samrat Al-Jadd bridge. According to a police report, the driver was speeding when he...
View ArticleBody of missing Filipino found
RAFHA — Civil Defense teams in Rafha found the body of a missing man. According to police, the Filipino victim was with two people from an Arab country when their truck...
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